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起初

qǐ chū

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

起初 (qǐ chū) means "originally". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 起初 means

1. originally; at first; at the outset

The characters in 起初

• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
• 初chū(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early…

Example sentences

• 起初我不相信他。
  I didn't believe him at first.
• 起初她不喜欢马。
  She didn't like the horse at first.
• 我起初来自中国。
  I'm originally from China.
• 起初谁也不相信我。
  Qǐchū shéi yě bù xiāngxìn wǒ.
  No one believed me at first.
• 起初我没认出他来。
  I didn't recognize him at first.
• 起初，神创造了天地。
  Qǐchū, shén chuàngzào le tiāndì.
  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Where 起初 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qǐ–qí (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qǐ chū correctly.
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